Faculty Profile for Dr. David Dominguez Navarro

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Dr. David Dominguez Navarro
Associate Professor — Dept of World Languages & Literatures
CENT 134
phone: (512) 245-2370
Scholarly/Creative Work
Awards
Grants
Service

Biography Section

Biography and Education

 M.A. and Ph.D. in Hispanic Studies from Western University (London, Ontario, Canada).
B.A. and M.A. in English Studies from University of Valladolid (Spain), and University College Dublin (Ireland).

Teaching Interests

 Iberian Literature and History
Biblical Exegesis
Spanish for the Professions

Research Interests

 Medieval Iberian Literature and History; Religious Minorities of the Iberian Peninsula; Biblical Exegesis; Jewish-Christian relations; Catalanistica Studies; Judeo-Spanish, and Sephardic Diaspora. Medieval Jurisprudence and Historiography.

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • Navarro, D., & Peña-Fernández, F. (n.d.). “The Apocalyptic Drift of the Story of the Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah in the General e Grand Estoria.” In Apocalypse and the Global Middle Ages Series (pp. 119–139). Routledge Publishing.
  • Navarro, D. (n.d.). Judah Bonsenyor’s “Book of Words and Proverbs of Sages and Philosophers.” An Annotated Bilingual Translation. York, United Kingdom: ARC Humanities Press.
  • David. (2024). “Alfonso X el Sabio (r. 1252-1284) y el legado del derecho español en los EE. UU.” BANLE (Boletín de La Academia Norteamericana de La Lengua Española). Retrieved from https://www.anle.us/publicaciones/revistas/banle/
  • Navarro, D. D. (2023). “Llibre de paraules e dits de savis e filòsofs: A Paremiological Portrait of the Catalan-Aragonese Jewry under James II (r. 1285-1337).” Zeitschrift Für Romanische Philologie, 139(2). Retrieved from https://www.degruyter.com/journal/key/zrph/html?lang=en
  • Navarro, D. D. (2023). “Augustine of Hippo’s Doctrine of Jewish Witness in Alfonso X’s Partida 7.24 ‘De los judios’”. Mirabilia Journal. Electronic Journal of Antiquity, Middle & Modern Ages, 36(1), 293–319. Retrieved from https://www.revistamirabilia.com/issues/mirabilia-journal-36-2023-1/article/augustine-hippos-doctrine-jewish-witness-partida-724-de

Selected Awards

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Octavio Paz Award as the chapter adviser for the Honorary Hispanic Society, Texas State University - Sigma Delta Pi, Chapter Epsilon-Beta, Honorary Hispanic Society. August 2021 - August 2022
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Texas State University - Sigma Delta Pi, Chapter Beta-Epsilon “Honor Chapter” Award for Outstanding Activities, Honorary Hispanic Society. August 2021 - August 2022
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Texas State University - Sigma Delta Pi, Chapter Beta-Epsilon “Honor Chapter” Award for Outstanding Activities, Honorary Hispanic Society. August 2020 - September 2021
  • Award / Honor Recipient: College of Liberal Arts Achievement Award for Excellence in Service, College of Liberal Arts. August 2021
  • Award / Honor Recipient: 2020 John K. Walsh Ward, La corónica. A Journal of Medieval Hispanic Languages, Literatures & Cultures. December 2020

Selected Grants

  • Navarro, David Dominguez (Co-Principal), Beale-Rivaya, Yasmine (Co-Principal). ASPHS Grant (Association for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies), $ 500.00. Co-Principal with Dr. Yasmine Beale-Rivaya (Department of Global Languages and Literatures), Private / Foundation / Corporate, $500. (Funded: April 25, 2019). Grant.
  • Navarro, David (Co-Principal). Research project for manuscript titled "Judah Bonsenyor’s Book of Words and Proverbs of Sages and Philosophers. An Annotated Bilingual Translation.", Research Enhancement Plan - Faculty of Liberal Arts, Texas State University, $6000. (Submitted: September 30, 2023, Funded: February 1, 2024 - August 2025). Grant.
  • Navarro, David Dominguez (Co-Principal), Falocco, Joseph (Co-Principal). National Endowment for the Arts, Federal, $20000. (Funded: March 2017 - August 2017). Grant.
  • Navarro, David (Co-Principal), Beale-Rivaya, Yasmine (Co-Principal). Forbidden Scriptures: Interreligious Exegesis in Medieval Spanish Historiography, Canadian Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Canadian Humanities Fund (SSHRC), $64982. (Submitted: December 1, 2015, Funded: April 13, 2016 - Present). Grant.

Selected Service Activities

Reviewer / Referee
Medievalia. Revista de Literatura Medieval
May 2023-Present
Editor
Journal Letras Hispanas: Revista de Literatura y Cultura
December 2022-Present
Corresponding Member
Academia Norteamericana de la Lengua Española
December 2021-Present
Participant
Liberal Arts Representative – Faculty Advisory Council to the Vice President for Student Affairs
August 1, 2021-Present
Proctor and Examiner
Spanish Exams for The City of New Braunfels Employees
November 12, 2018-Present